Bricklaying Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS)

People often ask, “Can I have a Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS) for Brick Work?” “A document that covers everything?”  The answer is not really. Well, you could create a document that covers most areas of brick and block work, but it would be hundreds of pages long and would contain more items that did not apply to your project, than items that did. 

A Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS) needs to document step by step how you are going to do a particular job. Not all jobs are the same! Are you going to install bricks to a single story or a 2-story house. Brick or blocks? Are you going to cut your bricks with an angle grinder, or a petrol-powered brick saw?

The steps in undertaking each of these tasks are very different. Not only are the steps different, but the potential hazards and the hazard control measures are very different as well.

Bricklaying is a hazardous manual task
Mixing mortar with a portable electric cement mixer

Bricklaying can be a High-Risk Contruction activity.

Are you working where there is movement of powered mobile plant? 

Is there a risk of a person falling more than 2 metres?

How are you going to access your work area? From a step ladder or a platform ladder? From a scissor lift or a boom lift? From a mobile scaffold, or working off a modular steel scaffold?

The steps in undertaking each of these tasks are very different. Not only are the steps different, but the potential hazards and the hazard control measures are very different as well.
 

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Creating Comprehensive Bricklaying SWMS with JSEAsy Software.

A SWMS provides a clear, step-by-step guide on how to perform a task safely. It ensures that everyone involved understands the necessary steps, reducing the likelihood of accidents due to confusion or misunderstanding.

 
The JSEAsy Safety Management Software builds your site-specific SWMS for your brick or block laying job by adding templates of the steps you are going to take, in the order in which you are going to take them.
 

Watch a detailed demonstration video on how to create a new site-specific SWMS using existing templates.

Making SWMS has never been easier, just pick your job steps and the JSEAsy safety management software does all the hard work for you. 

Block laying
Extracts of a site-specific SWMS created using the JSEAsy EHS Software.

JSEA/ SWMS Example

Below is an example of templates you may insert into your site-specific SWMS for bricklaying to a new residence. 

  1. Site Orientation/ Induction
  2. Claim work area
  3. Deliver materials and tools to site and unload manually
  4. Carry bricks using a mechanical brick carrier (Clamps)
  5. Distribute brick around site using a brick barrow
  6. Installation of viscourse
  7. Set up Profolds to corners
  8. Set up mortar boards
  9. Connect hose to existing water supply tap
  10. Mixing cement with a portable petrol-powered mixer
  11. Push Wheelbarrow on site
  12. Cut bricks using a petrol-powered brick saw
  13. Lay bricks
  14. Cleaning up work area
  15. Set up trestle scaffold
  16. Carry bricks using a mechanical brick carrier (Clamps)
  17. Load bricks onto scaffold by hand
  18. Bricklaying
  19. Installation of lintel by hand
  20. Wash down brick wall
  21. Wash out mixer
  22. Cleaning up work area
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Automating the process

When you insert a template, it automatically brings with it:

  1. The main process step
  2. The sub process steps associated in undertaking the task
    1. The potential hazards associated with undertaking the task (you can also delete or add any of these with a simple click)
    2. The Risk Rating for undertaking the task (You can also change this if you want to)
    3. The Hazard Control measure (you can also delete or add any of these with a simple click)
    4. The revised risk rating after applying the control (You can also change this if you want to)
    5. Any required PPE (you can also delete or add any of these with a simple click)
    6. Any applicable licences or qualifications required (you can also delete or add any of these with a simple click)
    7. Any preoperational inspections required (you can also delete or add any of these with a simple click)
    8. Any applicable legislation or codes of practice (you can also delete or add any of these with a simple click)
There are over 1000 SWMS templated for multiple industries included in the JSEAsy EHS Software.

Creating Site-Specific SWMS Reports with JSEAsy Safety Management Software

Creating a site-specific SWMS is easy using JSEAsy . Once created, you can print/ save a pdf of either a full or simplified SWMS report. 

Download an example of a full SWMS report generated from the JSEAsy EHS Software.

Download an example of a simplified SWMS report generated from the JSEAsy EHS Software.

The JSEAsy software comes preloaded with hundreds of templates (job steps) to build your site-specific SWMS with.

Safe Operating Procedures (SOP) and Plant and Equipment Risk Assessments (PERA) are also included in all versions.

The JSEAsy Premium EHS Software is your total WHS management system.

The JSEAsy safety management software is available for download and install on a PC, or hosted in the cloud

Safety measures in bricklaying
Moving bricks using a Brick Barrow is a hazardous manual task.

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Process: Click the Links below to learn more about JSEAsy Safety Management Software and the process.

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When you buy or Rent JSEAsy you have access to all of the latest version SWMS templates, for all trades and industries.

Download the JSEAsy latest version SWMS template register.

This is a register sorted by industry type and industry specific of all of the SWMS templates included in the latest version of the JSEAsy Safety Management Software.

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Hundreds of templates included – 1 low price – Exceptional value!

When you buy or rent the JSEAsy Safety Software, not only to get all of the templates specifically for bricklaying but you also get all of the templates for all of the other industries and trades as well. Bricklaying contractors don’t just lay bricks!

You will also benefit from many of the templates from other trades, for other activities like pumping concrete when core filling blockwork. The structural templates may also be of benefit for installing lintels. 

Thousands of SWMS templates included in the JSEAsy SWMS software.

A list of all the templates included in all versions of the JSEAsy EHS software is shown below.

  • You can search by scrolling through the list of all templates.
  • You can apply filters to the list by selecting an Industry Type
  • You can further refine the list by selecting and industry type and an industry specific.
  • You can do key word searches for templates.  If you can’t find what you are looking for try:
    • Shortening the search term. For example, searching for “deliv” would show deliver and deliveries, but if you searched for deliveries, it would exclude deliver.
    • Look for a synonyms/ alternate word for what you are looking for. E.g. tube or pipe